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Shiatsu

Shiatsu is very effective in calming the anxiety.

1. Press on the point just above the "third eye" point. This point is located in the center of your forehead just above the eyebrows. There is a small indentation in the bone. Place your index finger on the point, and then put your middle finger on top of the index finger. Press firmly for 5 to 7 seconds, 3 to 5 times.

2. Bend your left arm to locate the elbow crease, then unbend it. This point is at the lower end of the crease (toward your fingers) and opposite the thumb side of the hand, slightly to the inside of center. Hold for 30 seconds and release gradually, then switch arms. This will help relieve heart palpitations, often found to accompany acute anxiety.

3. The following sequence of points is recommended by Shiatsu expert and educator Toru Namikoshi. Shiatsu on these points will help relieve anxiety, worry, and insomnia and will be very balancing.

	Using medium to firm 3-finger pressure, press along the midline of your head (as if your hair were parted in the middle) . from the hairline in front, over the top. all the way to the edge of the hairline in back, moving about 1/2 inch after each press. Press for 5 seconds at each stopping point. Repeat the sequence twice.
	Press with your thumb in the indentation at the back of the neck. in the middle. at the base of the skull. Press quite firmly for 5 to 7 seconds and repeat twice.
	Press along the top of your shoulder (slightly to the back, about 1/2 inch). Use 3-finger pressure. Repeat twice. Press firmly.